Telemedicine to help patients with eye disorders
The Hindu
“Telemedicine is going to help patients who have undergone laser treatment for their eyes to undergo post-operational checks without leaving their homes.
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What Stands in the Way of Technology-Mediated Patient Safety Improvements? A Study of Facilitators and Barriers to Physicians’ Use of Electronic Health Records
Holden RJ. Journal of Patient Safety, 7(4)
Objectives:
For electronic health record (EHR) systems to have a positive impact on patient safety, clinicians must be able to use these systems effectively after they are made available. This study’s objective is to identify and describe facilitators and barriers to physicians’ use of EHR systems.
Methods:
Twenty research interviews were conducted with attending physicians who were using EHR at 1 of 2 Midwest community hospitals and/or at their respective outpatient clinics.
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CIMI group goes with openEHR archetypes & UML profile
Thomas Beale, Woland's Cat
“The Clinical Information Modelling Initiative (CIMI) group led by Dr Stan Huff (Intermountain Health, Utah) met here in London 29 Nov – 1 Dec to make a final decision on formalism, from the two remaining – openEHR archetypes and various forms of UML (previous posts on CIMI: DCMs & RM, on formalisms).
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Charting Workflow Redesigns After EHR Adoption
Richard Scott, EHR Outlook
“With electronic health records touted as a way to transform healthcare delivery en masse, you can be sure that implementing them within your own practice will result in a slight tweak or two.
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ICD-10 Shouldn’t Dictate Patient Care or EHR Design
Daniel Essin, Physicians Practice
“I have recently been excoriated by Carl Natale, the editor of ICD10Watch / Government Health IT, for poking some fun at and criticizing ICD-10. Several of his statements warrant a comment.
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ICW Part Of German Consortium That Wins Award For Telemedicine Achievement
Healthcare Technology Online
“InterComponentWare, Inc., a leading international provider of healthcare information technology, has been honored with the 2011 Karl Storz prize for Telemedicine by The German Society for Telemedicine through its participation in the prestigious German “Partnership for the Heart” consortium.
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Doctors’ shift to electronic records brings short-term pain
Getahn Ward, The Tennessean
“Dr. Whitson Lowe Jr. of Urology Associates believes that group practice’s switch to paperless electronic health records should improve patient care.
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‘Meaningful use’ of health information technology should be truly meaningful
Jonathan Bush, The Hill's Congress Blog
“As all parties to the health care system search for ways to rein in costs, the U.S. government is in the process of distributing the first of nearly $30 billion in checks to eligible medical providers. These payouts are part of the Meaningful Use program, which was created under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to encourage the adoption and sustained use of electronic health records (EHRs).
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ONC: Interoperability standards are not optional
Luke Gale, CMIO
“Writing on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) blog, Health IT Buzz, ONC Office of Standards and Interoperability Director Doug Fridsma, MD, stated that vendors should have little choice in deciding whether their products will adhere to national standards.
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Australian Telehealth Network Launches its Video Consultation Services in Partnership with BCS Global and Vidyo
SFGate
“In announcing the partnership Mark Barnett, Executive Director of ATN said “The partnership was established to provide Australian aged care providers and physicians with the world’s best and most economical video conferencing technology. Aged care providers across the country have enormous difficulties in accessing GP services in a timely manner, which sometimes has serious and adverse outcomes for residents.
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Hong Kong launches public consultation on e-health records
Xinghui Guo, Asia Pacific Futuregov
“The Hong Kong government yesterday (12 December 2011) launched a two-month long public consultation to solicit views on the legal, privacy and security framework for electronic health record (eHR) sharing.
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Early EMR adopters get a break; tougher criteria delayed to 2014
Charles Fiegl, amednews
“Physicians meeting criteria in 2011 to earn federal electronic medical record incentives will have more time before the Dept. of Health and Human Services requires them to satisfy tougher standards for attaining additional bonuses.
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Can Differential Diagnosis Be Crowdsourced to Facebook Friends?
Dan Buckland, MedGadget
“A paper in the Christmas edition of the Danish Medical Journal attempts to ask whether we can trust our Facebook friends with providing a differential diagnosis. One of the authors, Dr. Peter Hallas, modestly asked that we take a look at his paper, so we jumped at the chance and think he should give himself and his co-authors a lot of credit for studying phenomena that are already occurring.
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Case Study: Doctors in Scotland use Webcam, Skype and iPhone 4 to Perform Pulmonary Ultrasound
Justin Montgomery, mHealthWatch
“An interesting mHealth case study came to light recently via a published letter in the Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock that described the unique use of a Webcam, Skype and an iPhone 4 to conduct a remote pulmonary ultrasound in Scotland.
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Docs Have iPad Fever: Is There A Cure?
Paul Cerrato, InformationWeek
“In case you’re questioning reports of a tablet epidemic in healthcare, take a look at stats from a QuantiaMD survey. Thirty percent of doctors use a tablet device, compared with just 5% of U.S. consumers, the online physicians’ forum said.
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Medicine Needs Frugal Innovation
Eric J. Topol, Technology Review
“In the history of medical innovation, advances in technology have been inextricably linked to increases in cost. But we are at a unique moment in which the insular world of medicine is about to be penetrated by the remarkable digital infrastructure. Think about the cost of computing.
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iPad: ‘Wild West’ of Medical Apps Seeks Sheriff
Robert McMillan, Wired Enterprise
“Mark Cain got his big break on June 9, 2008. The chief technology officer at a little-known medical software company, MIM Software, Cain was invited onstage at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference to promote his company’s iPhone app, a way for doctors to view incredibly detailed scans of their patients.
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Privacy, Security, and Electronic Health Records
Leon Rodriguez, Health IT Buzz Blog
“Health care is changing and so are the tools used to coordinate better care for patients like you and me. During your most recent visit to the doctor, you may have noticed your physician entering notes on a computer or laptop into an electronic health record (EHR). With EHRs comes the opportunity for patients to receive improved coordinated care from providers and easier access to their health information.
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Selling mobile health technology to the masses
Brian Eastwood, Health IT Pulse
“Whenever I am introduced to new technology, I place it in the context of my parents, who didn’t own a cell phone until I bought them one in 2007 and still use dial-up Internet even though broadband has been available in their Massachusetts town for more than a decade.
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La ‘e-receta’, una iniciativa que se ralentiza al calor de la crisis
Apiscam
“La receta electrónica, más desarrollada en España que en ningún otro país de la Unión Europea, ha visto sin embargo frenado su desarrollo conforme la crisis económica y la necesidad de contener el gasto se han hecho patentes. Hasta ahora está casi al cien por cien en Andalucía y Extremadura, muy extendida en Baleares y Canarias, en desarrollo avanzado en Cataluña y en fase más atrasada en el resto, destacando el caso de Madrid, que apenas se ha iniciado.
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